Emil de Leon, the Wheel of Fortune contestant responsible for the most improbable final puzzle solve in history, appeared on Ellen yesterday to explain himself. I say “explain himself” instead of “tell everyone how he came up with ‘New Baby Buggy’ despite only having the N and E on the board” because I have chosen to operate under the presumption that he is a wizard, and it’s going to take a very strong case to convince me otherwise. Let’s see what he’s got.

It’s all in the first letters: R-S-T-L-N-E. They showed up, the N and the E. It’s pretty obvious the first word was new. Then worked on baby. It just sounds right, right? “New baby?” The hard part was “buggy.” I worked with that B again, and, yeah, so…

Nope. Still think he’s a wizard. In fact, to illustrate how improbable a solve “New Baby Buggy” was, let’s put five minutes on the clock and see how many things I would have come up with before I got to that, without taking into account the letters that were already off the board, because there’s no way I would have been able make that distinction on the clock under the hot lights.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand go:

New Judo Moves

New York Ninja

New York Times

Neg Sexy Babes

New Army Boots

New Taco Truck

New LEGO Movie

New Evil Robot

New Huge Laser

New Dido Songs

NES Game Zelda

New Pope Party

New Blue Jeans

New Baby Bunny

New Nazi Dance

New Beer Koozy

New Meat Pizza

New Frog Queen

Net Wifi Thief

New Bank Heist

New Girl Sucks (NOTE: I do not think this, but it would be hilarious if Wheel started using its final puzzle to take mean shots at sitcoms.)

I know you’re being funny, but… fame? No one even now knows his name (I have this article open RIGHT NOW and have no idea what his name is) and he’ll be forgotten in a day. THat’s not fame, that’s… passing interest in something.